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Nimbus 2.9 Zero To Cloud Guide

This "zero to cloud" guide contains configuration information for system
administrators working with Nimbus.

This is the main way Nimbus is installed and if this is your first time
installing it, it is highly recommended that you follow this process
exactly.

When you have finished the guide, you will have a working cloud configuration that serves remote users using the cloud-client, EC2 clients such as boto, and S3 clients such as s3cmd.

If you are unfamiliar with the cloud client, it may be good to get access
to a working installation to try it out first, but it is not necessary. You could also look over the cloud overview documentation to get context.

The guide is broken up into different pages. As you make your way
through, in sequence, you must complete each page's instructions.
By the end of each page you will have been able to test your work such
that you know you can move on.

On this page, you will install the Nimbus central services and
image repository (Cumulus), and use a cloud
client to access your cloud as a remote client.

This will however only work in "fake mode" which means that the
service is only pretending to start VMs. In later steps you will
enable VMMs, connect them with the central service, and have a
working cloud setup.